Magazine-gun



(No Model.)

H. CARR.

MAGAZINE GUN.

No. 281,841. PatentedJuly 17, 1883.

UNKTED STATES PATENT Grinch.

HOWARD CARR, or sAnFRANoisoo, CALIFORNIA.

MAGAZHNE GUN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 2:1,341, dated July 17, 188

Application filed May 8. I883.

To all whom 216 may concern.-

Be it known that I, Howann CARR, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Magazine- Gun; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in magazine-guns, and they are especially applicable to what is known as the \Vinchester rifle breech mechanism.

It consists of certain improvements in the carrier-block, the firing-bolt, and extractor for empty shells, and the magazine by which the gun is adapted to fire cartridges of small caliber for gallery use, all of which will be more fully explained by reference tothe accompanying drawings, of whichldigure 1 is a View of the gun, showing a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of the breech. Fig. 3 is a section of the cartridgechamber. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7. and S are details of construction.

A is the barrel of my rillc; l the stock; and G is the breech-bolt, which is withdrawn and advanced by the toggle-lever l) and the guaril-lcver I}, in the manner usual to the \Vinchester ritle.

My device is intended lo adapt the rille for the use of cartridges of small caliber, or those using fulminating powder-and a small ball for gallery use, or for small game, as squirrels or birds; and the recoil from such amnuinitiou is so small that I do not require any powcrl'ul recoil, or breech-block, as the strcnglh oi lho bolt is suliicicnt for the purpose.

The rear portion of the bolt (3 is made cylindri 'al, and it passes through a block, F, which has depressions or sockets a upon each side to receive the ends of one pair of the arms 1), and a pin passes through to retain them in place. A slot, 1), is made through this block, and a corresponding notch, c, is made in the side of the bolt to receive a slidingkcy, d, by which the bolt is secured to the block. That part of ihe bolt which extends lorward from the block F has flattened sides, and has the hooks c at the front end to grasp the head of the shell and extract it when the bolt is withdrawn. The bolt has a horizontal slit, made in it, extending back two-thiri'ls or more (So mcdcl.)

01' its length to a point behind the. block F, the slot being enlarged or opened slightly at its rear end, as shown. The flattened extensions in front of the block are of such alongth as to be elastic, which will thus allow thehooks e to separate and clasp the head of the shell when the bolt is forced forward against it, and they also separate to allow it to be ejected. By this construction I am enabled "0 make the breech-bolt and extractor in a single piece. The cartridges being of lhe rim-lire description, the blow of the hammer l'alling upon the end to explode the charge in the shell, and

when the bolt is retracted it brings the shell with it, so ihat it may be elected.

The carrier-block U is moved up and down in its vertical chamber by the arm ll, onecnd of whiclr is pivoted, so that the movement of the lever ill actuales it. .he other end enters a hole in the rear lower part of the carrier, and is pressed upon by a coiled spring within the opening, as shown. The cartridges are reccived into the (arricr-bloch from ihe magazine J, which extends beneath the barrel, as shown, in the ordinary manner. in order to hold these small cartridges properly in the magazine without the necessity for an cnl ire reconstruction, and also to enable me to load the nutga-zinc will] liu-ility, I employ a smaller tube, K, which his the magazinclubo proper, and is removable lhcrel'romlhrongh asuilable opening in ils forward end. This smaller lube is sloiled lcnglliwiso upon its sides to allow the spring L, which is wound spirally around the cxlcrior ol' the lube, lo act upon a pin within it, by which the rnrl ridges are forced downward. The swing :u'ls directly upon a ring, M,wlii 'h surrounds lhe lube and has apin passinglhrough the longitudinalslot.

\Vhcn it is desired lo lill the magazine with cartridges, the lube ll is willnlrawn from its inclosiug-tube .l', and lho ring M is pushed up until llicheadN 01' an olasl icsplii rod, 0, passes out lhrough the upper end of the lube, and the halves, springing apart, it is held bylheir rcsling upon the head. 'lhis rod 0 is attached to the cross-pin in ring M, and lies in tube li behind said pin, being equal in length to the distance occupied by the spring L when compressed. The cartridges being thus inserted until the tube is full, the tube K is introduced into the outer permanent tube J, where it may be locked in place by lugs, which engage by turning the tube, or by any equivalent wellknown lllOCl'lillllSlll. The spring, in order to allow it to act upon the cartridges, is then re leased by pressing the two halves of the head N together until they will slip through the hole in the head of the tube, and the magazine will then be in readiness for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a breech-loading rille, the longitudinal reei procating breech -bolt 0, secured within the block F by the wedge-key (I, so as to be actuated by the toggle-levers 1), connectingrod, and lever E, the forward end of said bolt being split in the linef, and having the hooks or extractors 0, substantially as herein described.

2. In a breech-loading rifle, a longitudinal breech bolt, with connecting reciprocating mechanism, said breech-bolt being split longi- -N, by which the spring and the pin which advances the cartridges are held back to allow the tube to be filled, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

HOWARD CARR.

\V i tnesses S. H. NOURSE, J'osnrn, A. BAYL'Ess. 

